Yeah, I’m scheduling a second booster (fourth shot) too despite my skepticism of the longevity and effectiveness against emerging variants. I have a work trip in a few weeks and want the best possible immune protection, notwithstanding that I’m driving and wearing a mask in any indoor situations.
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Ontario just opened up second boosters to the general populace today. Up until now it was being reserved for over-60s, carers, Native/Metis, immunocompromised, but the rest of us can start getting it tomorrow. I’ve already got an appointment booked for Friday. I’m 48 and have dodged the virus so far, knock wood, but I’m finally traveling in three months and want to maintain the track record up to then.
Official word is that it’s available, but not necessary, if you’re not one of those groups mentioned above. The province has apparently had a hard enough time getting people to get their first booster (I lined up at 5AM in subzero weather in December to get mine at a pop-up clinic), so vaxxing otherwise healthy people with round four right now isn’t top priority. Word is, a new mix will be available in the fall, before the “everyone’s huddling in close contagious proximity” season begins, and this one will be tuned up towards whatever generation of Omicron we’re on by that point. But as it’s been almost seven months since my last booster, I’m happy to get another jab, and will line up for number five in December. Doesn’t put me out.
I wasn’t prepared to wait for Ontario to open up to 50+, so I got my 4th dose in Florida about 7 weeks go ahead of my trip to Croatia. Guess who is lying on the couch with Covid?
My wife isn’t 50, so she’s still on three and was waiting for this announcement. Unfortunately, she’s testing positive too but is only showing minor symptoms.
Ended up getting my Shot4/Booster2 as a 50+ in early June. No reactions, was my first brand switch (from Moderna to Pfizer). Shots 1, 2 and 4 were through my employer’s provider and 3 through my local health department because at the time they could fit me in faster.
I am hoping that at some point this finally settles into a more regular pattern of both who gets each successive shot and when.
I don’t have much confidence in these covid 19 vaccines. I myself got all 3 shots then about 3 weeks ago on 4th of July I got really sick and ran a fever. I got tested a few days latter and it came back positive. I know so many people also that have gotten the covid 19 virus (they tested positive) when they were already vaccinated. I know one person who got the virus back in 2020 but never got vaccinated since and yet she has never gotten the virus since. I am a firm believer that natural immunity is the best immunity of course…as…long as you survive it…
When it comes to the heavy weights such as tetanus and Rabies for example I would get the vaccine if it isn’t too late to take it as Rabies will kill you and tetanus is Fd up to go through if you survive.
You might want to read around this forum for the tons of information on the efficacy of vaccines.
Why would I attempt to? I have already read so much on the internet and else where. I have my opinions and other do too. I go by my opinions much because my opinions have kept me from harm. If someone tells me something (such as a doctor) and it makes good sense I’ll go by it in a heart beat! However when my intuition and 6th sense tells me someone or something is full of IT! Then I go by my own accords.
Dude you’re not even in the right thread.
Moderating:
Please drop the topic of whether vaccines are effective. This thread is about when to get a booster, not about whether to get a booster.
We have tons of threads about whether covid vaccines work. There’s a whole thread comparing the efficacy of vaccine-induced immunity to infection-induced immunity. This discussion can go there.
This is a pretty good article talking about the timing of boosters, and what to consider when deciding when to get boosted.
TL;DR: Get a new booster as soon as you are eligible, except you should wait at least 4 months (and maybe as much as six) after your prior booster or infection, so as to get full benefit from the new booster. The omicron-based booster won’t be a big improvement, so just think of it as another booster.
The Big Booster Question We Should Be Focused On | MedPage Today
Thanks for that article @puzzlegal . I was intending to wait for the new formulation in the Fall but now I will get a booster in the next few days.
Does anyone know if it’s still recommended to get a booster from a different manufacturer (Pfizer vs Moderna) than you got for the earlier shots?
That is no longer included on the CDC’s page of booster information.
Was that ever an official recommendation? I thought it was just a theory that was being batted around. I know it was officially considered OK to mix and match; I just didn’t think they ever specifically told people they should do that instead of getting more of the same.
My primary care doctor recommended that approach (I had already gotten three Pfizers at that point) but he may well have just been going by theory at the time.
Yeah I remember hearing about it from a family friend who was a doctor, and his explanation made sense, but I don’t think it was ever official.
I think the change is that they originally recommended you get more of the same, and they changed the recommendation to be silent on that point.
That sounds like my recollection.
On a similar subject, I recall that Moderna ended up being a bit more effective than Pfizer so maybe that’s the way to go regardless.
I got my second booster yesterday morning (Moderna after three Pfizers) and felt great all day. The previous shots made me feel a little off. Then a woke up at 2am and I was so sore and dizzy that I could barely move. No fever or sweats though. It’s almost 9am and I still feel like crap. I didn’t feel nearly this bad when I had Covid in January.
I blame @puzzlegal. Can you please bring me some orange juice?
How about some nice Jewish chicken soup?